The Beni Ahsen ( ar, بني احسن) is an
Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
ian Moroccan tribe which belongs to the bigger
Maqil tribe.
[Historical dictionary of the bedouins. Muhammad Suwaed. 2015.]
History
The tribe settled in Morocco, north-Africa in the 12th century. Around the 16th century, they moved to the Missour and Almis area. In the 17th century, they advanced towards the northwest of the
Sefrou
Sefrou is a city in central Morocco situated in the Fès-Meknès region. It recorded a population of 79,887 in the 2014 Moroccan census, up from 63,872 in the 2004 census.
Sefrou is known for its historical Jewish population, and its annual cherr ...
region, in order to reach the
Mamora forest and the plain of the
Gharb. In the 18th century they were pushed more westwards by the Zemmour tribe, which moved up from the south. Today they are located in the region stretching from
Salé
Salé ( ar, سلا, salā, ; ber, ⵙⵍⴰ, sla) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river, opposite the national capital Rabat, for which it serves as a commuter town. Founded in about 1030 by the Banu Ifran, ...
to
Sidi Slimane.
See also other tribe
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Beni Amir
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Beni guil
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Rhamna
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Sless
The Sless or Slass ( ar, سلاس) is a Sanhaja Berber tribe settled on the banks of the Ouergha River in the Taounate Province. This tribe exists between two other Sanhaja tribes: the Feshtala tribe and the Mezraoua tribe.
The tribe was origin ...
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Sefiane
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Beni Hassan
See also
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Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
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Arab tribes
The Tribes of Arabia () or Arab tribes () are the ethnic Arab tribes and clans that originated in the Arabian Peninsula. The tribes of Arabia descend from either one of the two Arab ancestors, Adnan or Qahtan. Arab tribes have historically inhabit ...
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Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...
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Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populatio ...
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North African Arabs
Maghrebi Arabs ( ar, :العرب المغاربة ''al-‘Arab al-Maghariba'') or North African Arabs ( ar, عرب شمال أفريقيا ''‘Arab Shamal Ifriqiya'') are the inhabitants of the North African Maghreb region whose native language i ...
References
Arab tribes in Morocco
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